Extras

Contents

  • Opportunity in the Euro Zone

    Opportunity in the Euro Zone

    The storm in the euro zone shows no signs of blowing itself out. The European Union’s belated decision to create a 750 billion euro rescue package has done little to calm the markets.

  • Drug Discovery and the Balance Sheet

    Drug Discovery and the Balance Sheet

    Bringing a new drug to market now takes an average of about 10 years and $1 billion. Bad as those numbers sound, the situation is actually much worse...

  • A Close-Knit Team

    A Close-Knit Team

    When John Walker first considered joining iPierian, part of his due diligence was to reach out to two old friends whose scientific credentials matched his business chops.

  • With More People, More Work Gets Done

    With More People, More Work Gets Done

    While much of the world has been focused on the human and environmental tragedies surrounding BP, another important event is taking place, largely unnoticed.

  • CEOs and Technology: Leveraging Intimacy

    CEOs and Technology: Leveraging Intimacy

    In a world bursting with information, customers, ironically, are feeling more distant than ever from the companies with which they do business.

  • <i>Briefings</i> Launch Party Images

    Briefings Launch Party Images

    On March 10, 2010, Korn/Ferry celebrated the launch of Briefings and the release of Briefings Editor-in-Chief’s 25th book, entitled “Common Purpose”.

  • Dan Ariely - Predictably Irrational

    Dan Ariely - Predictably Irrational

    An Israeli who was born in New York but raised in Ramat HaSharon, a city just north of Tel Aviv, Ariely welcomes combative discourse.

  • The Medium is Still the Message

    The Medium is Still the Message

    A few months ago, I conducted a social networking experiment. To be honest, it did not really start out as an experiment; it just ended up as one.

  • The Big Picture

    The Big Picture

    We’ve scoured the globe to bring you the latest opinions, insights and hot-button issues percolating from the executive suite and delivered from some of today’s foremost thought leaders.

  • Workplace Branding

    Workplace Branding

    Workers at the magazine company Condé Nast watched in dismay last year as their Fiji water was replaced by Poland Spring, and then the Poland Spring disappeared in favor of tap water.

CASE STUDY: BP in the Gulf

Governance CASE STUDY: BP in the Gulf

On April 20, 2010, BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 rig workers and setting off a massive oil leak. Few corporate disasters in industrial history can match the situation in which BP finds itself.

Planting the Seeds of Wealth

Interview Planting the Seeds of Wealth

For more than 40 years, Carlos Slim Helú has lived in Mexico City in the same house, which he describes as modest. And yet, according to Forbes magazine, Slim is the world’s wealthiest person.

The Upside Down Company

Talent The Upside Down Company

Nayar, with a decidedly unconventional leadership style, has gained star status in the business press and academic circles for his atypical views on how to run a company.

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